[Samba] License for an NT domain

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Sun Feb 10 07:57:02 GMT 2002


Tristan Israel wrote:
> Hello, I'm having a license question
> 
> If I have a samba PDV server with 5 NT workstation or Win2k Pro (as
> NT-domain clients).
> Will I have to buy to microsoft 5 NT Server Licenses ?

No.

> Or do I only have to put my samba PDC on the server and 5 Win2k Pro ?

Put samba on the server and you'll still need 5 _workstation_ licenses
for the W2K or NT machines, but client licenses are only required by
NT server - samba has no such licensing issues.



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Bill Moran
Potential Technology
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